Prader-Willi syndrome is a rare genetic disease that causes poor feeding in infancy but later triggers insatiable hunger.

Sicca syndrome was defined by the presence of severe salivary hypofunction on examination or functional assessment of salivary flow and/or severe dry eyes as determined by an ophthalmologist.

Lacripep is under clinical development by TearSolutions and currently in Phase II for Sicca Syndrome (Sjogren).

Objectives: To investigate whether differences in T helper (Th) 1 and Th2 cell activity in salivary glands (“local”) or (“peripheral”) blood can discriminate between Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) and ...

Schafer: Sjögren’s is often incorrectly viewed as a rare, mild sicca — ie, dryness — disease of middle-aged women. This leads to underdiagnosis and suboptimal care.

AAV-AQP1 is under clinical development by MeiraGTx and currently in Phase II for Sicca Syndrome (Sjogren). According to GlobalData, Phase II drugs for Sicca Syndrome (Sjogren) does not have sufficient ...

The good news is that you can make simple modifications and may be able to rely on natural remedies. Self-care for dry eye ...

I n the early 1900s, Swedish physician Henrik Sjögren (SHOW-gren) first described a group of women whose chronic arthritis was accompanied by dry eyes and a dry mouth. Every year on the 23rd of July, ...

Sjögren’s syndrome is typically characterised by the presence of sicca symptoms, caused by a dysfunction in the lacrimal and salivary glands. Extraglandular manifestations are also present in many ...

Accra, June 20, GNA – The Sickle Cell Condition Advocates (SICCA), a non-governmental organisation, has held its maiden conference on preventing sickle cell disease. The event brought together ...

Moutsopoulos, H.M., Balow, J., et al. (1998) Immune Complex Glomerulonephritis in Sicca Syndrome. The American Journal of Medicine, 64, 955-960.